Dumping-wagon.



'No. '778.487. PATENTEDEEGI'WJQM.

' H. J. HEGK.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29,1904- 395 v i I gwuamkoz UNITED STATESPatented. December 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE;

HOWARD J. HEGK, OFREADING, PENNSYLVANIA.

.DUIIVIPING-WAGONI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,487, dated December27, 1904.

Application filed June 29. 1904. Serial No. 214,602.

To all 1071/0722 it may mrmern:

Be it known that l, HOWARD J. HEOK, acitizen of the United States,residing at Reading,

in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Dun1ping-\Vagons, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in dumping-wagons; and the objectof the invention is to provide a wagon that will be light in weight,simple in construction, and easily operated.

The device is intended more particularly for use as a coal-wagon whereit is not necessary to have a great elevation in order to deliver thecontents, but where it is merely desired to dump the coal from the wagoninto a coal-hole near the curb or into bags to be carried away.Ordinarily a common wagon is used when this is to be the mode ofdelivering coal, and in this case it is necessary to shovel the coalfrom the 'wagon. In my present device I overcome all this, and my Wagonmay be made either with or without a snout in the rear end-gate, thewhole end-gate being made to swing open, if desired, and the entirecontents of the wagonbody delivered onto the sidewalk.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification andclearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which shows a sideelevation of a wagon embodying my invention.

The numeral 1 indicates the body of the wagon, and 2 indicates theframework thereof, mounted on an ordinaryset of wheels. To the rear endof the framework and at both sides thereof I provide hinges 3, whichpivotally connect the rear end of the body to the framement with thepulleys 7, and said hooks or members 8 stand within and extend for aconsiderable distance below the framework 2 and act as a guide toprevent the body from-swinging sidewise when the same is elevated andalso guide the body back into its proper position when lowered. By theuse of these depending members 8 very light standards-0r uprights may beused and smaller braces, as the hoisting strain is in a straight line,and yet the body will not be permitted to swing after its lower edge haspassed above the braces 6 and before it reaches its extreme dumpingposition.

Immediately in frontof and atthe base of the standards or uprights 5 andjournaled on the framework 2 is a shaft 9, which extends any othersuitable device may be secured to the end of the shaft 9 for thepurpo'se of roi tating the same. It will be easily seen that theoperation is exceedingly simple. The crank 11 is turned, raising thefront end of the body as the cord or chain winds around the shaft, therear end swinging on its hinges 3 until the angle of thebody issufficient to dump the contents.

This wagon may be used with equal facility for spalls, sand, ashes,orany other substance.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A dumping-wagon comprising an open framework mounted on wheels, abody carried by the framework, hinges connecting one end of the bodywith the framework, standards carried by the framework remote from thehinges, and a pulley journa-led near the upper end of each standard, adepending member secured to the body extending through and for somedistance below the framework, a shaft mounted on the framework inproximity to the base of the standards, and a flexible member passingover the pulley, one end thereof being secured to the shaft and theother to the extremity of the depending member, and means for rotatingthe shaft.

2. A dumpingwvagon comprising an open framework mounted on wheels, abody thereby, one end of said body being hinged to the framework, apa'irof standards secured to the forward end of the framework and at theouter corners thereof braces, one end of which is secured to the sidesof the framework and ti 3 other to the standards, said braces serving toprevent lateral movement of the body when the same is resting on theframework, pulleys carried by the standards, and a shaft journaledacross the framework and located at the base of the standards, a pair ofdepending memb r secured to the wagon-body adcarried of the pulleysandwith one end secured to the lower extremity of the depending memberand bers being adapted to serve as guides to prevent the lateralswinging movement of the body when the same is being raised.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOWARD J. HEGK.

\ the other to, the shaft, said depending memlVitnesses:

En. A. KALr, Gino. M. MILLER.

